Celebrating women’s contributions to the ASAA

Dr Amrita Malhi is a Historian of Southeast Asia, with a primary interest in Islam, shifting identities and identity conflict in colonial Malaya and contemporary Malaysia. She was the ASAA Secretary from 2013 to 2016. In this post, she considers how the ASAA can connect with a far-reaching research network. Read the other posts in […]

Mina Roces is Professor of History in the School of Humanities and Languages in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture at the University of New South Wales. She was the Publications’ Officer and a member of the Council for more than ten years, from 2004 to 2015. In this post, she reflects on her

Kathryn Robinson is Emeritus Professor in the School of Culture, History & Language at the Australian National University. She was President of the Asian Studies Association of Australia in 2009-10. In this post, she reflects on how the ASAA facilitates connecting with other women academics and learning across disciplines. Read more in this series celebrating

Beverley Hooper is Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sheffield. She was President of the ASAA in 1995-6. In this post, she reflects on Asian Studies in Australia then and now, pointing to moments of change and also of continuity. What roles did you have on the ASAA Council? Why did you

Introduction Elaine McKay had a long and distinguished career as a school teacher in Melbourne, an academic in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania and as the inaugural executive officer of the Monash Asia Institute. She then became the director of the Australia-Indonesia Institute (inside the Department of Foreign Affairs) where she was

This special series of Asian Currents reflects upon and celebrates women’s contributions to the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA). The series features posts from women who have made significant contributions to the life of the ASAA through various service roles including on the Council, Asian Studies Review, the Women’s Caucus/Forum and Women in Asia